Revisiting Brooks' Law (Adding Manpower Makes a Project Later) Continue reading @effectiviology.com | 1 year ago
The Law of Small Numbers: Overestimating the Representativeness of Small Samples Continue reading @effectiviology.com | 2 years ago
Sturgeon’s Law: Ninety Percent of Everything Is Crap Continue reading @effectiviology.com | 2 years ago
Chutzpah: The Benefits and Dangers of Shameless Audacity Continue reading @effectiviology.com | 3 years ago
How to Make Decisions: A Guide for When You Can't Choose Continue reading @effectiviology.com | 3 years ago
The Napoleon Technique: Postponing Things to Increase Productivity Continue reading @effectiviology.com | 3 years ago
Hubris: The Dangers of Excessive Pride and Confidence Continue reading @effectiviology.com | 3 years ago
The Fundamental Attribution Error: When People Underestimate Situational Factors Continue reading @effectiviology.com | 3 years ago
The Contrast Effect: When Comparison Enhances Differences Continue reading @effectiviology.com | 4 years ago
The Verbatim Effect: People Remember Gist Better Than Details Continue reading @effectiviology.com | 4 years ago
Jumping to Conclusions: When People Decide Based on Insufficient Information Continue reading @effectiviology.com | 4 years ago
People often avoid useful information if it's unpleasant Continue reading @effectiviology.com | 4 years ago
The Halo Effect: Why People Often Judge a Book by Its Cover Continue reading @effectiviology.com | 4 years ago
People overestimate how noticeable their embarrassing behaviors are to others Continue reading @effectiviology.com | 4 years ago
Authority Bias: Lessons from the Milgram Obedience Experiment Continue reading @effectiviology.com | 4 years ago
Mental practice of relevant actions can help you improve your skills Continue reading @effectiviology.com | 4 years ago
The Availability Cascade: How Information Spreads on a Large Scale Continue reading @effectiviology.com | 4 years ago
The just-world bias leads people to assume that everyone gets what they deserve Continue reading @effectiviology.com | 4 years ago
The Golden Rule: Treat Others the Way You Want to Be Treated Continue reading @effectiviology.com | 4 years ago
Cherry Picking: When People Ignore Evidence That They Dislike Continue reading @effectiviology.com | 4 years ago
The Protégé Effect: How you can learn by teaching others Continue reading @effectiviology.com | 4 years ago
The False Consensus Effect: Why People Assume That Everyone Agrees with Them Continue reading @effectiviology.com | 4 years ago
Social media use is associated with a number of psychological dangers Continue reading @effectiviology.com | 4 years ago
The Bandwagon Effect: Why people tend to follow the crowd Continue reading @effectiviology.com | 4 years ago
How to respond to loaded questions and avoid using them yourself Continue reading @effectiviology.com | 4 years ago
Accounting for the illusion of transparency can make you more confident Continue reading @effectiviology.com | 4 years ago
The NATO Phonetic Alphabet: What It Is and How to Use It Continue reading @effectiviology.com | 4 years ago
The empathy gap explains why people fail to understand different perspectives Continue reading @effectiviology.com | 4 years ago
The Egocentric Bias: Why it’s hard to see things from a different perspective Continue reading @effectiviology.com | 4 years ago
The Gish Gallop: When people try to win debates by using overwhelming nonsense Continue reading @effectiviology.com | 4 years ago
Hanlon’s razor: don’t attribute to malice what can be explained by stupidity Continue reading @effectiviology.com | 4 years ago
Self-distancing can help you make better decisions Continue reading @effectiviology.com | 4 years ago
The Familiarity Backfire Effect: Why Debunking a Myth Can Make People Believe It Continue reading @effectiviology.com | 5 years ago
Premature Optimization: What It Is and How to Avoid It Continue reading @effectiviology.com | 5 years ago
The Confirmation Bias: Why People See What They Want to See Continue reading @effectiviology.com | 5 years ago
The Burden of Proof: Why People Must Support Their Arguments Continue reading @effectiviology.com | 5 years ago
Precommitment: Burning Bridges as a Strategic Decision Continue reading @effectiviology.com | 5 years ago